"I didn’t want to be the typical teen idol. I didn’t want to be Leif Garrett. I didn’t want to be Shaun Cassidy, David Cassidy or Parker Stevenson. I wanted to do my own thing."
― Willie Aames
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Teen
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- "If a movie isn’t a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product has been skewed toward violence and vulgar teen comedy."― Roger Ebert
- "This generation has given up on growth. They’re just hoping for survival."― Penelope Spheeris
- "I got through my teen years by being a bit of a clown."― Diane Cilento